3-2-1: How to change someone's mind, the balance between justice and compassion, and looking foolish
3-2-1: How to change someone's mind, the balance between justice and compassion, and looking foolish
Happy 3-2-1 Thursday!
Here are 3 ideas, 2 quotes, and 1 question to consider this week.
3 Ideas From Me
I.
"Just because it didn’t work doesn’t mean it was the wrong choice.
The world is full of probabilities, not certainties.
Find a game where the probabilities favor you and keep taking shots."
II.
"If you know where you want to go in life, people tend to help or get out of the way.
Both of those are useful."
III.
"People follow incentives, not advice."
2 Quotes From Others
I.
Writer and Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Powers on how to change someone's mind:
"The best arguments in the world won't change a single person's mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story."
Source: The Overstory
II.
Author bell hooks on the balance between justice and compassion:
"For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?"
Source: “There’s No Place to Go But Up” — bell hooks and Maya Angelou in conversation
1 Question For You
Am I willing to look foolish today so I can learn something that will make me better tomorrow?
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